Salesforce Declares the 9-to-5 Workday Dead, Will Let Some Employees Work Remotely From Now On
Salesforce Declares the 9-to-5 Workday Dead, Will Let Some Employees Work Remotely From Now On
Cloud computing company Salesforce is joining other Silicon Valley tech giants in announcing a substantial shift in how it allows its employees to work. In a blog post published Tuesday, the company says the “9-to-5 workday is dead” and that it will allow employees to choose one of three categories that dictate how often, if ever, they return to the office once it’s safe to do so…
Bitcoin Consumes ‘More Electricity Than Argentina’
Bitcoin uses more electricity annually than the whole of Argentina, analysis by Cambridge University suggests…
This 34-Year-Old’s Start-Up Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos Aims to Make Nearly Unlimited Clean Energy
After Brandon Sorbom graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2010, he decided to take the “couple of thousand dollars” he had saved and his credit card (he had 0% interest for a year) and fly to Boston…
Shell Says Its Oil Production Has Peaked and Will Fall Every Year
London (CNN Business)Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) said its oil production and carbon emissions have peaked as it detailed plans to gradually wean itself off fossil fuels. Climate activists said it hadn’t gone far enough…
The Price of Solar Electricity Has Dropped 89% in 10 Years
To curb our climate crisis, we need to end our dependence on fossil fuels and power the world with renewables. That may have seemed far-fetched a decade ago given the cost of installing wind and solar at the time, but the price of renewables has been falling fast. In 10 years, the price of solar electricity dropped 89%, and the price of onshore wind dropped 70%…
Elon Musk’s Starlink Filings Show Plans for Phone Service and Low-Income Web Access
It appears that Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite constellation is not just aiming to provide high-speed internet service. Based on recent filings to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Starlink also plans to introduce a suite of related products to its portfolio, from a dedicated phone service, emergency backup for voice calls, and more affordable internet access for low-income customers through the US government’s Lifeline program…
Samsung OLED TV Based on Quantum Dots Could Ship in 2022, Says Report
Right now there are two TV technologies available to most people: LCD and OLED. Sure people with tons of money might get a MicroLED TV, but mere mortals have only two choices. The biggest TV maker in the world, Samsung, has been firmly in the LCD camp for many years, while cross-town rival LG is the biggest name in OLED. LCD has its strengths but has always lagged behind OLED in overall picture quality…